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Physical Therapy

Admission & Application

Admissions

Admissions requirements and standards are designed to ensure scholastic success in the professional program. Selecting a candidate for the future practice of physical therapy involves many important factors.

Admission Requirements

Completion of bachelor’s degree with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and a minimum science grade point average of 3.0.

A TOEFL score of 550 (if the applicant is an international student whose first language is not English)

Participation in an onsite interview

100 hours of observation in a variety of physical therapy settings

Completion of the GRE

Completion all prerequisite coursework (see below)

Three (3) letters of recommendation (character and/or academic)

All application materials, prerequisite coursework, and volunteer experience must be completed by the end of the spring semester prior to beginning the program.

Prerequisite Coursework

Course

Hours

Comments

Biology

16 Total

General Biology (for Biology majors recommended)

4

Zoology highly recommended

Anatomy & Physiology 1

4

Will accept 4 hours of physiology and 4 hours of vertebrate or human anatomy

Anatomy & Physiology 2

4

Upper Level Animal Based Biology. This needs to be a junior or senior level course taken in the biology department of a four year university.